Historical Italian American Newspapers Online

For those of you who have some Italian in your family tree, there are several Italian-American newspapers that have been published over the last hundred or so years that may help you find some information and stories about your ancestors.

Listed are only those that are available online. As always, there are tons more available via microfilm and in the original form via libraries and archives.

Please note that some are free and some require a subscription or a login from a university (or local) library. Some are indexed, and some are not. In the Free Collections, you may see some duplicates – this is because the newspaper is provided on multiple online sites, so you may wish to search or browse each of the duplicates.

Free Collections:

Note: in some cases, the city is provided and in others, it isn’t – the same is true of the date range of the title in the online collection.  Also, many states are not represented – this may be because 1) there are no Italian newspapers in that state; 2) they have not been digitized, or 3) this author has not found the link.

Arizona 

• La Tribuna Italiana

California

•  L’italia (San Francisco, Calif.) 1887-1943
•  Italia (San Francisco, 1897-1919)
•  San Francisco – Voce del Popolo

Colorado

•  The Marble Booster (Marble, Gunnison County, Colo.) 1911-19??
•  Abruzzo-Molise
•  Andiamo!
•  Corriere di Trinidad
•  IL Co-Operatore
•  IL Risveglio
•  IL Risveglio = The Awakening
•  L’ Unione
•  Le Alpi
•  Marsica Nuovo
• The Trumpet = La Tromba
•  Denver – Il Grido Del Popolo (Italian)
•  Denver – Roma
•  Pueblo – Il Vindice

Connecticut

•  La Sentinella = the Sentinel (Bridgeport, Conn.) 191?-1948
•  La Tribuna Del Connecticut (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1906-1908
•  La Verita’ = the Truth (Waterbury, Conn.) 191?-1939
•  La Verita, Corriere Del Connecticut (New Haven, Conn.) 1939-195?
•  L’indipendente (New Haven, Conn.) 1903-193?

District of Columbia

•  Cronaca Sovversiva (Barre, Vt.) 1903-1920

Illinois

• Chicago – La tribuna italiana trans-atlantica
•  Chicago – L’Avanti!
•  Chicago – L’Italia

Maryland

•  Il Risorgimento Italiano Nel Maryland (Baltimore, Md.) 1922-19??

Michigan

• Detroit – La voce del popolo = The voice of the people 

Minnesota

•  Il Grido Del Popolo (Italian)
•  Il Messaggero (Italian)
•  Il Nuovo Vessillo (Italian)
•  Il Paese (Italian)
•  Il Vindice (Italian)
•  La Stampa Libera (Italian)
•  L’Adunata dei Refrattari (Italian)
•  O Scugnizzo (Italian)
•  Roma (Italian)
•  Vita Nuova (Italian)

Nebraska

•  The American Citizen (Omaha, Neb.) 1923-1985

New Jersey

•  La Voce Italiana
•  Il Messaggero
•  Newark – La Rivista
•  Paterson – il messaggero
•  West Orange – The Italian Tribune

New York

•  La Gazzetta Di Syracuse
•  Syracuse NY L’UNIONE (Italian Newspaper) Grayscale
•  New York City – Il Nuovo Mondo
•  New York City – Il Nuovo Vessillo
•  New York City – La Ressegna italiana
•  New York City – La Stampa Libera
•  New York City – L’Adunata dei Refrattari
•  New York City – O Scugnizzo (Italian)
•  New York City – Ressegna Italiana 1918-1923
•  Utica – Il Messaggero (Italian)
•  Utica – Il Pensiero Italiano 1921-1922

Ohio

•  L’araldo = the Herald (Cleveland, Ohio) 1938-1959
•  Cleveland – L’araldo – 1942-1953

Pennsylvania

•  La Libera Parola (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1918-1969
•  La Ragione (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????
•  La Rassegna (Philadelphia, Pa.) 1917-????
•  The Patriot (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955

Rhode Island

•  La Libert’a (Providence, R.I.) 190?-19??

Texas

•  Galveston County, Il Messaggiero Italiano (Galveston, Tex.) 1906-19??
•  Galveston County, La Stella del Texas (Galveston, Tex.) 1912-????

Virginia

•  Sentinella (Richmond, VA, 1898)

Vermont

•  Cronaca Sovversiva (Barre, Vt.) 1903-1920

Washington

•  La Gazzetta Italiana (Seattle, King County, WA — 30 November 1917 – 27 December 1929)

West Virginia

•  La Sentinella Del West Virginia (Thomas, W. Va.) 1905-1913

Wisconsin

•  La Nostra Terra (Hurley, Wis.) 1904-191?
•  Our Land = La Nostra Terra (Hurley, Wis.) 191?-1913

Wyoming 

• Il Grido Del Popolo
• Vita Nuova
•  Rock Springs – Il Grido Del Popolo
•  Rock Springs – Vita Nuova

Library Access Only:

Readex/NewsBank Titles

From their Ethnic American Newspapers from the Balch Collection, 1799-1971, a few Italian American newspapers are available. Check with your nearby library to see if they have a subscription for this collection.  Clicking on the link will provide you with a list of titles.  Please understand that all of these titles listed are not Italian.  There are French, German, Irish, and other ethnic groups contained in this collection.

Subscription Sites:

Genealogy Bank has a few Italian American newspaper titles available:

• California – San Francisco – Corriere del Popolo 1916-1962
• New York – New York – Cristoforo Colombo 1892 1893
• New York – New York – Eco d’Italia 1890-1896
• New York – New York – Fiaccola Weekly 1912-1921
• New York – New York – Progresso Italo-Americano 1884-1889
• Pennsylvania – Philadelphia – Momento 1917-1919

There are likely others in the other major subscription sites, but they are not identified as to ethnicity.

Good Luck and Happy Hunting!